Crypto news
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Musk says SpaceX-Tesla merger a ‘good idea’ as AI revenue jumps ninefold
A merger would bring Tesla into the same corporate group as Grok developer SpaceXAI and social media platform X.
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Pendle Daily Volume Hits $159 Million, Led by Ethereum
Ethereum accounted for $121.5 million of trading, while the protocol's locked value rose only modestly during the day.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Qubic restarts blockchain, opens recovery claims after $1.4M hack
The network’s validators approved a recovery plan and opened claims until May 1, 2027.
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People Are Vibe Coding the Ads Out of Their Smart TVs: Here's How
A viral Claude Code prompt lets Android TV owners switch off sponsored rows and tracking software and build their own home screens, with no root access and every change reversible.
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OpenAI Buys Orchestra Bio to Put AI Agents in Charge of Drug Development Grunt Work
The ChatGPT maker is folding Orchestra’s drug-program agents into Rosalind, its life sciences suite, betting AI can shave time off the decade-plus it takes to bring a medicine to patients.
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NEAR Opens Vote to Cut Token Issuance to 1.6%
HSP-029 would lower issuance over 24 months after a 90-day grace period, but validators must separately adopt a network upgrade.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Utah AG sues Kalshi, pursues profits from prediction market company
Derek Brown likened the prediction market company to a “public nuisance“ that was “causing a significant and substantial ongoing harm“ to state residents.
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JPMorgan Puts a Number on Bitcoin for the First Time: 10% a Year, With a Big Caveat
J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s 2027 Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions project a 10% annual return for Bitcoin over 10 to 15 years, though the firm isn’t adding it to its main portfolio models.
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U.S. CFTC sets agenda for AI forum, exploring trading and agentic finance
A Commodity Futures Trading Commission task force is scheduled for October 28 to talk about how the latest "super intelligence" technology may impact markets.
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Liquid Network Announces Final Stages of Recovery Following Massive Hack
Bitcoin Magazine Liquid Network Announces Final Stages of Recovery Following Massive Hack The Liquid Network on Tuesday said that things were up and running again, over one month after hackers stole 4,000 bitcoin, worth about $320 million at the time, from the network’s federation wallet before...
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Swiss Financial Regulator Gives Green Light to Country’s First Bitcoin ETF
Bitcoin Magazine Swiss Financial Regulator Gives Green Light to Country’s First Bitcoin ETF Swiss financial regulator FINMA has approved the country’s first bitcoin exchange-traded fund for retail investors. The watchdog said Tuesday that the approval comes as people in Switzerland express a...
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Wallet Linked to Drift Exploit Sends $61 Million in Ethereum to Tornado Cash
The North Korea-linked attacker behind April's $295 million Drift heist pushed 25,700 ETH through the mixer in two hours, and still controls roughly $198 million more.
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Bitwise, Hyperliquid seek SEC rule changes for token trading, airdrops
The firms are seeking clearer guidance on the classification of crypto assets and secondary-market trading as the SEC’s public comment period comes to a close.
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Microsoft, Alphabet, Goldman Sachs Join Growing List of Companies Objecting to Tokenized Stocks
Sixteen companies have now objected to having their shares traded on the planned OKX-ICE tokenized stock venue, up from nine just four days earlier, according to an updated public notice.
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Bitcoin Treasury Strive Debuts New Preferred Stock With 15% Dividend
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Treasury Strive Debuts New Preferred Stock With 15% Dividend Bitcoin treasury Strive’s preferred stock, SATS , is now trading on the Nasdaq, according to the company. The stock debuted Tuesday and will pay a 15% dividend every business day, according to an announcement....
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Crypto’s 2026 shutdown wave claims 82 projects. What went wrong?
Crypto projects are struggling to survive as falling revenues, depleted funding and security breaches force closures across DeFi, blockchain infrastructure and gaming.
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Swiss Regulator Approves First Retail Fund That Holds Bitcoin Directly
FINMA waived the diversification rules for the fund but leaned hard on custody and investor-protection safeguards.
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Crypto firms, Wall Street push SEC to revise Regulation Crypto Assets as comments close
As the SEC’s comment period on a cryptocurrency proposal draws to a close, digital asset firms and Wall Street institutions have thoughts.
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Utah likens Kalshi to a ‘back-alley gambling den’ in lawsuit naming Susquehanna firms
Utah seeks to recover alleged gambling profits and block Kalshi bets across sports, politics and culture.
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Extended Plans Oct. 22 Settlement Move From Starknet to Arc
Extended says holders of more than $1 of USDT or wBTC in a sub-account must convert or withdraw to avoid forced closures, but its notices give conflicting deadlines.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin ETFs Post Their Best Day in Nearly a Month as BlackRock Does All the Buying
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs took in $526.7 million on Monday, their biggest day since Sept. 22. BlackRock's IBIT supplied all of it while Fidelity and Grayscale funds bled.
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OKX-ICE’s Andrew Cuomo calls issuer objections a ‘natural response’ to tokenized stock plans
The former NY governor, who co-chairs the joint venture between the crypto exchange and Intercontinental Exchange, said companies were expected to take a wait-and-see approach.
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Fidelity says poorer people can access more IPOs
Fidelity, the largest stock brokerage in the US, has slashed IPO qualification minimums for its customers by at least 75% and up to 95% for certain offerings. This push to funnel poorer investors into public offerings follows a September in which just five US IPOs raised a paltry $1.9 billion, the...
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JPMorgan issues first long-term bitcoin return forecast, projecting 10% annually
J.P. Morgan Asset Management's first long-term bitcoin forecast projects a 10% annual return but flags 55% volatility as a barrier to portfolio adoption.
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Ethereum Staking Hits Record 43.8 Million ETH, Bitwise Says
Ethereum's gross annualized staking yield fell to 2.63% from 2.81%, while Solana also saw more stake and lower returns.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin's Next Move: Here's What to Watch
Bitcoin trades just below $83,000, above both the short-term and long-term moving averages. Here are the levels traders are watching.
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Strive closes $630M SATS IPO, leaves Bitcoin allocation unspecified
The Bitcoin treasury company could acquire an estimated 7,372 BTC with its net proceeds, potentially surpassing Metaplanet’s holdings if it allocates the full amount.
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COMP Jumps 27%, Outpacing Bitcoin and Ether
COMP also led both benchmarks over seven and 28 days, while Compound’s total value locked remained below its late-September level.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin Could Outperform Most Assets, JPMorgan Says — But the Bank Still Won’t Recommend It
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Could Outperform Most Assets, JPMorgan Says — But the Bank Still Won’t Recommend It JPMorganChase ’s asset management division has said that while bitcoin is still too volatile to be recommended for strategic investors’ portfolios, the cryptocurrency could outperform most...
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Bitcoin yield platform HoneyB developer raises $5 million at $30 million valuation
Nectar Group, the developer of bitcoin income platform HoneyB, has raised $5 million in a seed funding round.